VPX Power Shock is an Intra Workout product based around a healthy dose of full-spec EAA with the additions of Beta Alanine, Citrulline Malate and Anserine (an endurance/recovery agent). It differs from the usual intra crowd with the addition of BCAA nitrates, Beta Alanine Nitrate and Citrulline Nitrate.
The product itself is a light weight white powder, which minus artificial colouring mixes to a cloudy white solution. No neon bling here (and better for it IMO). It is flavoured (Fruit Punch currently on trial) and quite heavily artificially sweetened. Taste-wise, it isn’t a clean refreshing alternative to Xtend, but then it has a lot of actives to mask so I can forgive it that. IMO it has a slight ‘dairy’ edge to it, which reminds me of my childhood sweet of choice: Chewits. That said, I imagine this will be love or loathe taste-wise, but don’t judge it on first taste alone.
Taste is important, and I’ve no time for the moronic ‘chug it down’ brigade. However, taste aside, a product lives or dies by it’s performance. So, whilst there are numerous great-tasting intra products, the majority are no more than BCAA with a sprinkling of cit mal or glutamine. This is where Power Shock differs in offering a very real improvement in muscular and aerobic endurance, as well as a serious boost in terms of pump and vascularity.
For me it outperforms Hemavol, and I believe it could be used as an alternative stim-free pre – if you can tolerate the rapid nitrate uptake. Else split half and half, so half scoop pre and then the other half spread out as an intra. Either way, it’s an interesting product, and well worth sampling.